Sam Cooke

 

Artist:  Sam Cooke
Birth Name:  Samuel Cook
Born:  January 22, 1931. Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Died:  December 11, 1964 (Aged 33).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Origin:  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre;  R&B, Soul, Gospel, Oldies
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Sam Cooke was an American Singer, Songwriter, he is known as the King Of Soul and considered the greatest of all time.  His pioneering contributions Soul Music led to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and popularized the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown.  He had 30 U.S. Top 40 Hits between 1957 and 1964 such as "You Send Me", "Cupid", "Wonderful World" and "Twistin' The Night Away" and many more!

Title:   Ain't That Good News  (2020)

Genre;  R&B, Soul, Gospel, Oldies

Label:  ABKCO

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Ain't That Good News  (2:30)

 2.  Meet Me At Mary's Place  (2:44)

 3.  Good Times  (2:28)

 4.  Rome Wasn't Built In A Day  (2:34)

 5.  Another Saturday Night  (2:42)

 6.  Tennessee Waltz  (3:12)

Side 2:

 1.  A Change Is Gonna Come  (3:13)

 2.  Falling In Love  (2:45)

 3.  Home  (2:32)

 4.  Sittin' In The Sun (3:18)

 5.  No Second Time  (3:03)

 6.  The Riddle Song  (2:30)

Personnel:

Sam Cooke:  Vocals

Chuck Badie, Buddy Clark, Ray Pohiman, Clifford Hils, Eddie Tilman:  Bass

Joseph Gibbons:  Banjo

Hal Blaine, John Boudreaux, Edward Hall, Earl Palmer:  Drums

Norman Bartolk, Le Roy Crume, Barney Kessel, John Pisano, Allen Reuss, Howard Roberts, Clifton White:  Guitar

Emil Richards:  Marimba, Percussion, Timpani

Linwood Mitchell:  Percussion

Harold Battiste, Ray Johnson:  Piano

Lincoln Mayorga:  Piano, Celeste

William Hinshaw:  French Horn

Jewell Grant, William Green, Plas Johnson, Edgar Redmond, Red Tyler:  Saxophone

Milton Bernhart, Ernest Tack, David Wells, John Halliburton, Harry Betts, Louis Blackburn, Streamline Ewing:    Trombone

John Anderson, Melvin Lastie:  Trumpet

Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant:  Cello

Harry Hyams, Alexander Neiman:  Viola

Israel Baker, Robert Barene, Arnold Belnick, John DeVoogdt, William Kurasch, Irving Lipschultz, Leonard Malarsky, Jack Pepper, Ralph Schaeffer, Sid Sharp, Darrell Tenwilliger, Tibor Zelig:  Violin

Jame Bryant, Gwenn Johnson, Carol Lombard, Robert Tebow, Geore Tipton, Jackie Ward, The Soul Stirrers:  Backing Vocals

Ain't That Good News is the eleventh and final studio album by Sam Cooke, originally released on February 1964 by RCA, remastered and reissued on January 22, 2020 by RCA.